Caroline Barral
President
Caroline has chaired the family holding company since its creation in 1994. Convinced of the central role that businesses should play in our society, she decided more than twenty years ago to use the family’s assets to support business owners in implementing their projects.
Before dedicating her time to the family office, Caroline worked for BIPE, a major European consultancy providing forward-looking economic analyses, while also teaching at the prestigious “Sciences Po” school of political sciences in Paris and INALCO, the French national institute of oriental languages and civilisations.
She graduated from Sciences Po Paris and holds a doctorate in Economic Sciences.
Philippe Vuarchex
Director
In charge of investments, Philippe contributes to the development of the Private Equity activity.
He began his career in mergers and acquisitions at Lazard Frères in 2011 before joining Bpifrance Investissement in 2014 as an investment director in the Large Cap team. In the course of his career, Philippe was involved in a dozen of investments and assisted companies operating in various markets such as health (Hygie31), tourism (Sandaya), education (Galileo), logistics (Groupe GPS) and industry (De Dietrich Process Systems).
He graduated from ESSEC and ISEP.
Sabine Barral
Director
In charge of investments, Sabine contributes to the development of the Private Equity activity.
She started her career at Zodiac Aerospace in the finance department (internal audit and M&A) before going to Boston to pursue an MBA with a major in Investment.
Sabine then joined the investment fund CAPZA (Private Equity & Private Debt) in 2014 for 6 years, where she achieved a dozen of investments in a wide range of sectors: consulting (Talan, Audensiel), health (Marle), industry (Pierre Guérin), software (Intescia), etc.
She graduated from ESSCA and Northeastern University (MBA).
Clotilde Noyer
Senior Associate
Clotilde contributes to the analysis of investment opportunities and the monitoring of portfolio companies.
Before joining Cèdre, Clotilde worked for 2 years within Entrepreneur Invest, focusing on operations in various sectors: health, tech, industry and education. Clotilde was involved in investments in companies such as Citron, Dooh You Like and in a build-up platform for dental prosthesis centers.
She graduated from emlyon business school.
Alban Douady
Associate
Alban contributes to the analysis of investment opportunities and the monitoring of portfolio companies.
Before joining Cèdre, Alban worked for 3 years within Extens, focusing particularily on investments in software dedicated to healthcare. Alban was involved in investments in companies such as Val Solutions, Imagine Human and Medicore but also in the merger of Sanilea and Ambler forming Amblea.
He graduated from Mines de Paris and Dauphine’s Master 225.
William Dassargues
Finance Officer and Funds Portfolio Manager
William is in charge of the Family Office administrative and financial management and of the monitoring of the funds of funds activity.
Before joining Cèdre, William worked for over 5 years at the Paris office of Mazars Group, during which he was involved in the audit of Family Offices and Investment Funds.
He graduated from EBS Paris and ESCP (MS).